N2 road (Belgium)

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National Route 2
Dutch: Nationale Weg 2
French: Route nationale 2
Route information
Length95.079 km[1] (59.079 mi)
Major junctions
South endR20 in Brussels
North endP 589 to Maastricht
Location
CountryBelgium
RegionsBrussels, Flanders
Major citiesBrussels, Leuven, Diest, Hasselt, Bilzen
Highway system
  • Highways of Belgium

The N2 road in Belgium is a road connecting Brussels and Maastricht passing Leuven, Diest and Hasselt. It starts in Brussels at the Madou crossroad on the small ring, heading northeast as the Chaussée de Louvain/Leuvensesteenweg, which crosses the municipalities of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, City of Brussels, Schaerbeek, Evere and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels, and then enter Flanders via the municipality of Zaventem, Flemish Brabant.

When the road enters the municipality of Herent it is named Brusselsesteenweg up to Leuven. When it leaves Leuven, the road is named Diestsesteenweg as it leads to Diest. It is then named successively Staatsbaan, Leuvensesteenweg, Diestsesteenweg, Staatsbaan, Leuvensesteenweg and Eduard Robeynslaan. When leaving Diest and entering Halen, the road enters the province of Limburg. At this point, the road (named Halensebaan) crosses the European route E314. The subsequent names of the road are: Staatsbaan, Grote Baan, Diestsesteenweg, Steenweg, Diestersteenweg, Kuringersteenweg. Just before entering Hasselt, the road crosses the European route E313. When leaving Hasselt, it is named Diepenbekerweg, then Steenweg, Kapelstraat, Wijkstraat, Grendelbaan, Tipstraat, Beverststraat, Holt, Hasseltstestraat, Brugstraat, Maastrichterstraat, Bilzerbaan and Tweede Carabinierslaan. It then enters the Netherlands.

The road crosses in total 19 municipalities. 5 in the Brussels-capital Region, 8 in the province of Flemish Brabant and 6 in the province of Limburg. Full municipality list[2] is available below, main municipalities are in bold.

Regions Provinces Municipalities Population Length of N2 (km)
 Brussels Capital Region / City of Brussels 188737 0.5
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 26965 1.1
Schaerbeek 130690 1.8
Evere 43608 1.4
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 58541 0.3
 Flanders  Flemish Brabant Zaventem 35916 6.7
Kortenberg 20462 5.8
Herent 22430 5.4
Leuven 102236 7.4
Lubbeek 14776 7.3
Tielt-Winge 11037 7.9
Bekkevoort 6459 6.2
Diest 24516 5.5
 Limburg Halen 9475 3.3
Herk-de-Stad 12756 7.1
Hasselt 79524 12.2
Diepenbeek 19241 6.2
Bilzen 32455 12.1
Lanaken 26172 3.2
  1. ^ SPF Mobilité et Transports (2009). "Recensement général de la circulation 2008" (xls) (in French).
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